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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILFREI) I. CHI/[ER AND JOHN E. MCALLISTER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE RECORDING AND COMPUTING MACHINES COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORA- TION OF OHIO.

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T 0 (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, lVILrRnD I. OHMER and JOHN E. MoALLis'rnn, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to registers, and more particularly to fare registers such as are employed in street cars of the type in which all of the fares are collected and registered at one place in the car.

One object of the invention is to provide a fare register having mounted thereon hand operated means for actuating the setting mechanism and for actuating the operating mechanism.

A further object is to provide a fare register having an indicator operatively connected to the setting mechanism and hand operated mechanism mounted on the registor for actuating said setting mechanism and said indicator; and to this end, it is a further object to connect the actuating mechanism directly to the indicator and to actuate the setting mechanism from said indicator.

A further object of the invention is to provide a register with an indicator having a flasher, the movement of which is controlled by the actuating means for the mechanism for operating the register; and a further object is to so arrange the operating mechanism for the register and the means for actuating that mechanism as to simplify the construction and operation of the register.

With these and other objects in View our invention consists in certain novel features and in certain combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter to be described, and then more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a fare register embodying our invention, showing the casing broken away; Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a fare register embodying our invention and having that portion containing the indicator broken away; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of what is shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fractional view showing a portion of the mechanism in ele- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 11, 1909.

Patented July 12, 1910.

Serial No. 501,499.

vation; Fig. 4 is a detail view, showing in elevation, a slightly modified form of the invention; Fig. 5 is a front elevation of what is shown in Fig. 4:; Fig. 6 is an end elevation of a modified form of the invention; and Fig. 7 is a detail view of a portion thereof.

In Figs. 1 to 3 of these drawings we have illustrated on embodiment of our invention and have shown the same as applied to a fare register, the main features of construction of which correspond substantially with the register shown and described in the patent granted to Wilfred I. Ohmer, David B. histler and John E. McAllister, March 26, 1907, No. $8,262. Inasmuch as the construction and operation of the register as a whole does not enter into the present invention we have shown and will proceed to describe only so much of the same as is essential to an understanding of the present invention. The register comprises the main frame having two end members 1 connected by longitudinal bars, one of which is shown at 2. An actuating shaft 3 is journaled in the opposite end members of the main frame and has slidably mounted thereon and held against rotation relatively thereto an actuator, which, in the present instance, is in the form of a twotoothed gear at, which actuator is adapted to be moved into position to actuate the desired group of counters in the manner shown and described in the above-mentioned application. The mechanism for setting this actuator in the position to register the desired fare comprises a screw-shaft 5 having mounted thereon a nut or carriage 6 provided with a depending yoke 7 which is operatively connected with the actuator i and causes that actuator to move along the shaft 3 when the nut 6 is moved along the screw-shaft 5 by the rotation of that shaft. hen the actuator has been moved into position to actuate the desired group of counters, the registering mechanism is operated by rotating the shaft 3 and the actuator which is mounted thereon, this actuation of the operating mechanism being accomplished in a manner to be hereinafter described.

The counters may be of any suitable character, and, as here shown, comprise a series of alined printing counters a mounted on a resetting shaft 6, both the counters and the shaft being of a Well known construction and forming no part of the present invention.

Supported above the register proper is an indicator drum 8 which is operatively connected to the setting mechanism and is actuated in unison therewith. In the present instance this drum is provided with a shaft 9, the opposite ends of which are ournaled in brackets 10 extending upwardly from the longitudinal frame member or bar 2. Any suitable means may be provided for operatively connecting the shaft 9 of the drum to the setting shaft 5. To this end we have shown a shaft 11 journaled in the forward portion of the main frame and having mounted thereon a pinion 12. An actuating rod 13 extends between the shaft 11 and the shaft 9 of the indicator, and, as here shown, has its opposite ends flattened and provided with longitudinal slots 14 and 15, which slots are adapted to receive the shafts 11 and 9, respectively, and to support the actuating bar on said shafts. The actuating bar is provided at each end with a rack, which preferably consists of toothed plates 16 and 17 rigidly secured to the notched portions of the actuating bar. The lower rack 16 is arranged to mesh with the pinion 12 on the shaft 11 and the upper rack 17 is arranged to mesh with a corresponding pinion 18 on the shaft 9. Thus, it will be apparent that the movement of either of the shafts 9 or 11 will be transmitted to the other of said shafts through the medium of the actuating bar 13. The shaft 11 has mounted thereon a gear 19 which meshes with an idle gear 20 mounted on the end member of the frame and which, in turn, meshes with a pinion 21 secured to the setting shaft 5, thereby operatively connecting the setting shaft to the shaft 11, and, through the medium of the actuating bar 13, to the shaft 9. The teeth of the con necting gears are so proportioned that, when the actuating shaft 5 is rotated to move the actuator into operative relation to a certain group of counters, the indicator 8 will be moved to indicate the corresponding fare.

It will be understood that the machine as a whole is inclosed in a casing 22, which casing is provided with a sight opening 23, through which one and one only of the indications on the indicator drum are visible.

The present machine is designed particularly for use where the conductor stands at the entrance to the car and collects and registers all fares at this one place. The register is adapted to be mounted upon a suitable support immediately in front of the conductor and to be operated by hand without the interposition of the operating mechanism which usually extends from the register to the various points in the car from which it is desired to operate the register.

To this end we have mounted directly upon the register hand operated means for actuating the setting mechanism and indicator and for actuating the operating mechanism to register the fare after the actuator has been set in the desired position. In the form of the device here shown the operating means for the setting mechanism and indicator comprises an arm 24 rigidly secured to the indicator shaft 9, which extends beyond the casing 22, and provided with a handle 25, by means of which it can be actuated to rotate the indicator shaft and thus move the indicator into a position to indicate the desired fare, and, through the medium of the connecting mechanism, also operate the setting mechanism to move the actuator into a position to actuate the group of counters corresponding to the indication displayed by the indicator. To further facilitate the actuating of the indicator and of the setting mechanism we have formed on the end of the casing 22 the fare indications arranged in the same order as they are arranged on the indicator drum 8 and have so arranged the same that, when an indication on the indicator drum is in alinement with the sight opening 23 a pointer 26 on the arm 2% will be in alinement with the corresponding fare indication on the end of the casing. These fare indicators are shown at 27 and are preferably painted or otherwise placed upon the end of the casing.

To enable the actuating shaft 3 to be operated by means mounted directly upon the register we have j ournaled on the outer end of the setting shaft 5 a sleeve 28 having rigidly secured theretoa pinion 29 meshing with an idle gear 30 which is mounted on a stud shaft 31 and has rigidly secured thereto and rotatable therewith a pinion 32 which meshes with a gear 33 rigidly secured to the catuating shaft 3. Thus, the rotation of the sleeve 28 on the shaft 5 will actuate the shaft 3 and the actuator mounted thereon. A ratchet 34 is also secured to the sleeve 28 and is adapted to be engaged by a springpressed pawl 35 which is mounted on the adjacent end member 1 of the casing and serves to hold the sleeve 28 against rotation in the reverse direction. The sleeve 28 is preferably actuated by means of a handle 36, removably mounted on the end of the shaft 5 and having projections 37 adapted to enter recesses 38 formed in the adjacent end of the sleeve 28.

The sleeve 28, and, consequently, the actuating shaft 3 is normally locked against movement by means of a disk 39 rigidly secured thereto and having a recess 40 in the edge thereof. An arm 41 loosely mounted on the shaft 11 has its inner end turned at an angle thereto and so arranged that when the several parts of the register are in their normal or idle position, the end of the arm 41 will enter the recess 40 in the disk 39 and will hold said disk, and the sleeve to which it is secured, against movement. A second arm 42 is connected with the arm 4.1 and is also connected with the releasing mechanism which is controlled by the operators key, as described in the above mentioned application, thus maintaining the operating mechanism locked against operation until the operator has inserted his key and actuated the same.

The indicator 8 is provided with a flasher to close the sight opening in the casing while the operating mechanism of the register is being actuated to register a fare. The movement of this flasher is controlled by the actuating means for the operating mechanism so that, when this actuating means begins its movement, the flasher will be moved across the sight opening, and, when this movement is completed and the actuating means returns to its normal position, the flasher will be withdrawn from the opening and the indication of the fare registered will be visible through that opening. YVe have here shown the indicator 8 as a double indicator, 2'. 6., having two sets of indications on the outer surface thereof and have provided the casing 22 with sight openings 23 on the opposite sides of the drum, the indications being so arranged on the drum that the same indication will always be in alinement with the respective sight openings. Consequently, we have also shown a double flasher, but it will be obvious that a single flasher could be used without material alteration of the mechanism. As here shown, each flasher comprises a curved plate as and is secured to one end of an arm 44 which is pivotally mounted between its ends on the shaft 9 of the indicator, the length of the arm t being such as to supportthe two plates 43 beyond the outer surface of the indicator drum. The arm is provided, preferably near the center thereof, with a downwardly eX- tending projection 45 having a slot 4L6 formed therein and adapted to receive a projection L7 secured to the upper end of a lever 48, which lever is rigidly secured to a shaft as journaled in the end members of the main frame. It will be apparent that, when the shaft 49 is rotated, the lever tS and projection 47 will cause the arm 44: to move about its pivotal center, thereby moving the plates as over the surface of the indicator drum. The rotation of the shaft 49 is secured from the actuating means for the operating mechanism by means of a second lever or arm 50 which is rigidly secured to the shaft 4L9 and is provided with a rearwardly extending projection or heel 51 having a laterally extending projection or roller 52. A disk 53 is rigidly secured to the sleeve, preferably on the inside of the end member of the main frame and is pro- -vided with a recess 54c of such a size as to receive a portion of the roller 52 and of such a depth that, when the roller 52 lies within the same, the lever 48 will occupy such a position relatively to the arm 4C4: that the plates 43 will be supported out of alinement with the respective sight openings. lVhen the sleeve 28 is rotated to actuate the operating mechanism, the roller as will be forced out of the recess 5 L and will ride over the periphery of the disk, thus moving the levers 50 and 4:8 and the arm ist in such a manner as to move the plates as into alinement with their respective sight openings and to maintain the same in that position until the sleeve and the disk mounted thereon have completed their rotation and the roller again enters the recess 5% in the disk. A spring 55, preferably arranged on the shaft 4:9, serves to retain the roller normally in the recess 54;, and, consequently, to maintain the flasher plates L3 out of alinement with their respective sight openings.

Means are also provided for locking the actuator in its adjusted position during the movement of the operating mechanism, and, to this end, we have mounted on the shaft 11, preferably on the inside of the frame, a disk 56 of considerable diameter and provided about its periphery with a series of \l-shaped recesses 57, these recesses corresponding in number to the number of classes of fares which the machine is adapted to register. The lever 50 is provided with a forwardly extending projection or toe 58 adapted to enter the recesses 57 and fit snugly within the same. The recesses 57 are so arranged in the disk 56 that, when the setting mechanism has been actuated to move the actuator into operative relation with a group of counters, the recess 57 corresponding to that group of counters will be moved into alinement with the nose 58 of the lever 50. As soon as the actuating means for the operating mechanism begins to move the lever 50 will be actuated in the manner above described and the nose 5S moved into the recess 57 which is in alinement therewith, thus locking the disk and the setting mechanism, which is connected therewith through the shaft ll, against movement until the actuat ing means has completed its movement and returned to its normal position. The inclined edges of the recesses and nose 58 also enable the nose 58 to move the disk 56 to bring the recess into exact alinement with the nose and thereby to bring the actuator into exact operative relation with the particular group of counters. The pinion 29 mounted on the sleeve 28 and forming part of the actuating means for the operating mechanism is a mutilated. pinion, and, in the present instance, has four teeth removed from one side thereof. These teeth are re moved from that side of the pinion which normally lies adjacent to the gear 30. Con sequently, the first portion of the movement of this sleeve and of the pinion 29 will not affect the gear 30. The length of this movement is suflicient to permit the recess 5% to be moved away from the roller 52, thereby actuating the lever and moving the flasher plates 4L3 into alinement with their respective sight openings and moving the nose 58 into locking engagement with the disk 56 before the operating mechanism begins to move.

In Figs. 4 and 5 we have shown a modified form of actuating means for the driving mechanism. The sleeve 28, which is rotatably mounted on the shaft 5, is provided with a segment 59 provided for a portion of its length with teeth adapted to mesh with a segment 60 loosely mounted on the actuating shaft 3 and operatively connected thereto by a clutch mechanism comprising a pawl 60 secured to the segment 60 and a ratchet 61 rigidly secured to the shaft 3. A handle 61 is secured to the sleeve 28 for operating the same. In order to compelthe operator to move the operating mechanism through a complete operation we have provided a portion of the segment 59 with ratchet teeth 62, which teeth terminate at one end with the end of the segment and at the other end with a recess 63. A radially arranged pawl 64: is mounted near the toothed portion of the segment and is held normally in a radial position by a spring 65. The distance from the pivotal center of the pawl to its inner end is greater than the distance from the inner end of the pawl to the base of a ratchet tooth arranged between the pivotal center of the pawl and the center of the shaft 5. Thus, when the segment is moved about its pivotal center, the first ratchet tooth will engage the pawl and move the same about its pivotal center, and, owing to the length of the pawl, it cannot turn back about its center and, consequently, will engage the adjacent side of the last tooth to pass the same and lock the segment, and, consequently, the operating mechanism against movement in the opposite direction. hen the operating mechanism has completed its movement, the end of the pawl will enter the clearance space 63 which permits it to turn about its pivotal center and enables the segment to be returned to normal position. This actuating means rotates the actuating shaft 3 of the operating mechanism at a high rate of speed, and, in order to prevent the overthrow of the shaft and the actuator we have rigidly secured to that shaft a series of stops 66, preferably four in number. A finger 67 is rigidly secured to the sleeve 28 and is of such a length and so arranged relatively to the stops 66 that the end of the arm 67 will be moved into the path of one of the stops just prior to the completion of the movement of the operating mechanism and will form a positive stop to prevent the further move ment of that mechanism.

In Figs. 6 and we have shown another modification of the invention in which the indicator 8 is applied to a register, the operating mechanism of which corresponds to that of the above mentioned application, and is such as to enable the register to be operated at a point removed therefrom. This operating mechanism comprises a shaft 69 journaled in a bracket 70 secured to the longitudinal frame member 2 and operatively connected with the driving shaft. A rack bar 71 meshes with a pinion 72 on the shaft 69 and the reciprocation of the rack bar serves to actuate the operating mechanism. The flashers for the indicator drum 8 are similar in construction and arrangement to that above described, but, owing to the dilference in the operating mechanism, the arrangement of the actuating levers is slightly changed. The upper lever t8 carrying the stop 47 is substantially the same as that above described, but is mounted upon a shaft 7 3 journaled in forwardly extending arms 73 carried by the arms 10 in which the shaft 9 is journaled. A second lever 74 extends downwardly from the shaft 73 and has a part lying in the path of the rack bar 71, one corner of which is cut away at an incline to facilitate the operation of the lever. lVhen in its normal position the end of the arm 7 4: lies directly in the path of the rack bar 71. lVhen this rack bar is actuated, however, the inclined portion thereof engages the arm 74 and moves the same, together with the lever e 8, about its pivotal center, thereby moving the flasher plates l3 into alinement with their respective sight openings and maintaining the same in this position until the operating mechanism has been returned to its normal position.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood from the description of the several parts thereof and it will be apparent that we have provided means mounted directly upon the register for actuating both the operating mechanism and the setting mechanism of the register by hand and we believe ourselves to be the first to have provided means for accomplishing this result. This construction and arrangement of the operating mechanism peculiarly adapts the machine for use in street cars where all of the fares are collected and registered at one place in the car and does away with the usual operating mechanism. Further this construction and arrangement is such as to materially simplify the construction of the register and greatly reduce the number of parts to be actuated, thus not only rendering the machine less complicated and reducing the cost of its construct-ion, but, by eliminating parts to be operated, renders the operation of the machine easier. It will also be apparent that we have provided the register with an indicator which is operatively connected to the setting mechanism, whereby the indicator and the setting mechanism are operated in unison; and that this operating means is, in the present instance, connected directly to the indicator, the indicator and operating means being so arranged as to facilitate the operation of the setting mechanism. Further, it will be apparent that we have provided flashers for concealing from view the indications on the indicator during the operation of the register, which flashers are controlled by the movement of the actuating means for the mechanism which operates the register to register the fare.

It will be understood that the several features of construction and the arrangement of the several parts as herein shown and described can be widely varied without departing from our invention, and, that while we have shown two modifications of the mechanism, these are merely typical of many others which can be made. Ive, therefore, wish it to be understood that we do not desire to be limited to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a register adapted to register a plurality of classes of items, the combination, with a plurality of alined counters, of an actuator mounted in said register and movable longitudinally thereof, means for moving said actuator into a position to actuate one of said counters to cause said register to register an item of one of said classes, and hand operated means mounted on said register to impart an actuating movement to said actuator.

2. The combination, with a register comprising an actuator and a setting shaft operatively connected to said actuator, of handoperated means mounted on said register for actuating said shaft to move said actuator into different positions, and means for imparting an actuating movement to said act-uator.

3. The combination, with a register'comprising an actuator and a setting shaft 0peratively connected to said actuator, of handoperated means mounted on said register for actuating said shaft to move said actuator into different positions, and hand-operated means mounted on said register for imparting an actuating movement to said actuator.

4. The combination, with a register comprising a shaft, an actuator movably mounted on said shaft, and means for moving said actuator into different positions along said shaft, of hand-operated means mounted on said register for rotating said shaft.

5. In a register, the combination, with mechanism for setting the same, an indicator, and means for operatively connecting said indicator to said setting mechanism, of means directly connected to said indicator for actuating both said indicator and said setting mechanism, and means for operating said register to cause the same to register a fare.

6. In a register, the combination, with mechanism for setting said register, an indicator, and means for actuating said indicator, of means for operatively connecting said indicator to said setting mechanism, whereby the movement of said indicator, when actuated, will actuate said setting mechanism, and means for operating said register to cause the same to register a fare.

7. In a register, the combination, with mechanism for setting the same, an indicator drum, a shaft for said drum, and means for operatively connecting said shaft to said setting mechanism, of means for actuating said indicator drum, whereby said indicator and said setting mechanism may be actuated simultaneously.

8. In a register, the combination, with mechanism for setting the same, an indicator, and a shaft for said' indicator, of means for operatively connecting said shaft to said setting mechanism, said connecting means comprising a shaft, and means for actuating one of said shafts to impart movement to said setting mechanism and said indicator.

9. In a register, the combination, with mechanism for setting said register, an indicator shaft mounted on said register, and an indicator carried by said shaft, of a second shaft mounted on said register and op eratively connected to said setting mechanism, a connecting rod extending between said shafts, and means for actuating one of said shafts to impart movement to said indicator and said setting mechanism.

10. In a register, the combination, with mechanism for setting the same, an indi cator shaft mounted on said register, an indicator mounted on said shaft, and a pinion secured to said shaft, of a second shaft mounted on said register and operatively connected to said setting mechanism, a pinion carried by said second shaft, a connecting bar extending between said shafts, a rack secured to each end of said connecting bar and meshing with the pinion on the adjacent shaft, and means for actuating one of said shafts to impart movement to said inclicator and said setting mechanism.

11. In a register, the combination, with mechanism for setting the same, an indi: cator shaft mounted on said register, an

indicator mounted on said shaft, and a pinion secured to said shaft, of a second shaft mounted on said register and operatively connected to said setting mechanism, a pinion carried by said second shaft, a connecting bar extending between said shafts, a rack secured to each end of said connecting bar and meshing With the pinion on the adjacent shaft, and means directly connected to said indicator shaft for imparting movement to said indicator and said setting mechanism.

12. In a register, the combination, With a casing inclosing the same, a shaft mounted upon said register and having one end extending beyond the end of said casing, an indicator mounted on said shaft Within said casing, setting mechanism for said register, and means for operatively connecting said indicator shaft to said setting mechanism, of means connected to said indicator shaft for actuating the same, fare indications arranged at the end of said casin and a pointer connected to said indicator shaft.

13. In a register, the combination, With a casing inclosing the same, a shaft mounted upon said register and having one end extending beyond the end of said casing, an indicator mounted on said shaft Within said casing, setting mechanism for said register, and means for operatively connecting said indicator shaft to said setting mechanism, of an arm secured to said indicator shaft and having a pointer at the outer end thereof, a handle secured to said arm, and fare indications arranged on the end of said casing about said indicator shaft.

14. In a register, the combination, with a shaft mounted in said register, and operating mechanism comprising an actuating shaft and an actuator, of a pinion mounted on the fil'St-IHQHtIODQd shaft and operatively connected to said actuating shaft, and means for actuating said pinion to impart movement to said actuating shaft and said actuator.

15. In a register, the combination, With a setting shaft journaled therein, and operating mechanism comprising an actuating shaft, of a pinion loosely mounted on said setting shaft and operatively connected to said actuating shaft, and means for actuating said plnion.

16. In a register, the combination, With a shaft mounted thereon, and operating mechanism for said register comprising an actuating shaft, of a sleeve rotatably mounted on the first-mentioned shaft, a toothed pinion carried by said sleeve and operatively connected to said actuating shaft, and a handle connected to said sleeve for rotating the same.

17. In a register, the combination, With a setting shaft journaled therein, and operating mechanism comprising an actuating shaft, of a sleeve rotatably mounted on said setting shaft, a pinion carried by said sleeve and operatively connected to said actuating shaft, and means for rotating said sleeve.

18. In a register, the combination, With a setting shaft journaled therein, and operating mechanism comprising an actuating shaft, of a sleeve rotatably mounted on said setting shaft, a toothed member carried by said sleeve and operatively connected to said actuating shaft, and a handle connected to said sleeve for rotating the same;

19. In a register, the combination, With a setting shaft mounted thereon, operating mechanism therefor comprising an actuating shaft, and a gear mounted on said actuating shaft, of a sleeve rotatably mounted on said setting shaft, a pinion carried by said sleeve and operatively connected to the gear on said actuating shaft, and a handle rotatably mounted on said setting shaft and operatively connected to said sleeve.

20. In a register, the combination, With a setting shaft mounted thereon, operating mechanism for said register comprising an actuating shaft, a sleeve mounted on said setting shaft and operatively connected to said actuating shaft, means for rotating said sleeve, a disk rotatably mounted 011 said register, having a series of notches in the edge thereof and operatively connected to said setting mechanism, a lever pivotally mounted on said register and having a nose adapted to enter one of the recesses in said disk, and means controlled by the rotation of said sleeve for actuating said lever.

21. In a register, the combination, With a setting shaft mounted thereon, operating mechanism for said register comprising an actuating shaft, a sleeve mounted on said setting shaft and operatively connected to said actuating shaft, means for rotating said sleeve, a disk rotatably mounted on said register, having a series of notches in the edge thereof and operatively connected to said setting mechanism, a lever pivotally mounted on said register and having a nose adapted to enter one of the recesses in said disk, a disk secured to said sleeve and having a recess therein, and a part carried by said lever and adapted to enter said recess.

22. In a register, the combination, With mechanism for setting the same, means for operating said register, an indicator operatively connected to said setting mechanism, means for actuating said indicator and said setting mechanism, and means for actuating said operating mechanism, of a flasher for said indicator, and means controlled by the movement of the actuating means for said operating mechanism for positively actuating said flasher.

23. In a register, the combination, with mechanism for setting the same, operating mechanism for said register, means for actuating said operating mechanism, and an indicator supported on said register, of a flasher for said indicator, an arm supporting said flasher, a lever pivotally mounted on said register and operatively connected to said flasher, an arm operatively connected to said lever, and a part carried by the actuating means for said operating mechanism for engaging the last-mentioned arm and actuating said lever and said flasher.

24. In a register, the combination, with mechanism for setting the same, operating mechanism for said register, a rotatable member mounted on said register and operatively connected to said operating mechanism, means for rotating said member, and an indicator supported on said register, of a flasher for said indicator, an arm supporting said flasher, a lever pivotally mounted on said register and operatively connected to said flasher, an arm connected to said lever and having a projection extending therefrom, and a disk rigidly secured to said rotatable member and having a recess therein adapted to receive the projection on said arm.

25. In a register, the combination, with an indicator, and a shaft therefor, of a flasher comprising an arm journaled on said shaft, a flasher plate carried by said arm, a projection from said arm having a slot therein, alever pivotally mounted on said register and having a pin extending through said slot, and means controlled by the operation of said register for positively actuating said lever.

26. In a register, the combination, with a setting shaft journaled thereon, operating mechanism for said register comprising an actuating shaft, an int icator supported on said register and operatively connected to said setting shaft, means directly connected to said indicator for actuating the same, and means mounted on said register and connected with said actuating shaft for rotating the same, of a flasher for said indicator, and

means controlled by the movement of said actuating shaft for imparting movement to said flasher.

27. In a register, the combination, with a setting shaft journaled therein, operating mechanism therefor comprising an actuating shaft, and an indicator supported on said register and operatively connected to said setting shaft, of means directly connected to said indicator for actuating the same, means rotatably mounted on said setting shaft and operatively connected to said actuating shaft for rotating the same, a flasher for said indicator, and means controlled by the movement of the means rotatably mounted on said setting shaft for actuating said flasher.

28. In a register, the combination, with a setting shaft journaled therein, an indicator mounted on said register and operatively connected to said setting shaft, a shaft for said indicator, a handle connected to said shaft for rotating the same to impart movement to said indicator and said setting shaft, operating mechanism for said register comprising an actuating shaft, and a gear carried by said shaft, of a sleeve rotatably mounted on said setting shaft, a pinion carried by said sleeve and operatively connected to the gear on said actuating shaft, a handle operatively connected to said sleeve for actuating said operating mechanism, a flasher for said indicator, a lever operatively connected to said flasher and pivotally mounted on said register, an arm connected to said lever, a disk secured to said sleeve and rotatable therewith and having a recess therein, and a part carried by said arm and adapted to enter said recess.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

IVILFRED I. OHMER. JOHN E. MCALLISTER. lVitnesses ROBERT E. CoWDEN, D. B. WHISTLER. 

